[This article is authored by Suryansh Sadhwani, II Year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University. This is the first part of a two-part series exploring the growing use of AI chatbots for emotional support, highlighting their affordability and accessibility, while raising concerns about emotional dependency, harmful advice, data privacy,…
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Chronicles of AI: Blurred Lines of Legality and Artists’ Right To Sue in Prospect of AI Copyright Infringement
[This article is authored by Jatin Yadav, a 2nd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University. It discusses the prospect of artists’ legal standing to sue AIs that are trained on their productions for copyright infringement in respect of substantial similarity test and fair use doctrine. This is the second article in…
Dali v. Dall-E: The Emerging Trend of AI-generated Art
[This article is authored by Tejaswini Kaushal, a 2nd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. It elucidates the international and national status quo of AI-generated art and reflect on the ethical and legal standards. This is part of a series titled ‘AI Art,’ the second article of…
IT AMENDMENT RULES 2022: An Analysis of What’s Changed
[This post is authored by Sohina Pawah, a second-year student at the NALSAR University of Law, who is also an Editor for the TLF] INTRODUCTION Back in June 2022, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) had first released the proposed amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021…
Traversing the Contours of Safe Harbour: Comparison of India and US (Part II)
This is the second part of a two-part post authored by Kavya Jha and Ananya Singh, fourth-year law students at RGNUL, Punjab. The first part can be found here. In light of the ongoing attempts to provide intermediaries with the right degree of protection, this essay seeks to juxtapose the Indian approach to safe harbour…
Traversing the Contours of Safe Harbour: Comparison of India and US (Part I)
This is the first part of a two-part post authored by Kavya Jha and Ananya Singh, fourth-year law students at RGNUL, Punjab. In light of the ongoing attempts to provide intermediaries with the right degree of protection, this essay seeks to juxtapose the Indian approach to safe harbour protection with the American approach. It…
Regulating Real Money Games: Examining Alternatives to Prohibition (Part II)
[This is the second part of a two-part post authored by Mitali Kshatriya, a fourth-year law student at RMLNLU, Lucknow. Part I can be found here] In Part I, the article highlighted the incongruous legislative framework for regulating real money gaming sector followed by the possibility of introducing central laws for regulating the sector. In…
Shadow Libraries: Remedying Knowledge Inequalities or Sullying the Copyright Act?
[This post has been authored by Ishita Mundhra, a second-year student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences] Introduction Shadow libraries are a relatively recent disruption in the publishing sector. They share a plethora of literary material which is often copyrighted, free of cost, by circumventing paywalls. While individual scholars and academicians frequently…
The Insurtech Revolution: What Lies Ahead for India? (Part I)
[This post has been authored by Angeline Priety and Nisha Nahata, fourth year law students at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. Part II can be found here.] In recent times, data driven sectors have been going over and beyond to harness technology to consolidate, utilise and analyse data from various sources for efficient functioning. In…
Fighting “Unlawful” Content: Moderation and the New Intermediary Guidelines
[This post has been authored by Sanjana L.B., a 4th year student at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad.] Introduction In January 2021, India had the highest number of Facebook users at 320 million. This was followed by the United States of America (“USA”), with 190 million users. As of February 2021, about 53.1% of the population…